I'm not a professional chef....I just like to play one in the kitchen

Being 1/2 Italian 1/2 Irish can be conflicting for me when it comes to cuisine, but I was raised in the Italian house which means it’s Italian food that dominates in my culinary skills. As a Gluten Free cook some Italian food does present problems I am working on getting around. I have yet to tackle my homemade pasta gluten free yet, but some dishes are far easier to convert then you think. Take for example Eggplant Parmesan, even fried you can use gluten free breadcrumbs and you are good to go.

Sometimes I like the eggplant fried, but other times, like when I get some beautiful sweet “Sicilian” Eggplants from the farmers market such as these beauties below, I like to keep it clean….

I have to say I am thrilled that I have hooked up with the great people at Organic Girl. Getting boxes of healthy greens sent to me monthly to cook with is great! Having their support and trust to create recipes on Zia’s Kitchenfor them is so exciting! It’s funny, I was a huge fan and buying their greens long before they reached out to me through my blog. In fact I was a fan even before I met them on the set of All Mixed Up well over a year ago. ~Interesting note, when they reached out to me via my blog they had no idea I was the same person who worked on the set of All Mixed Up doing the PR and taking all of the publicity shots for them ~ What do you call that? Kismet? Serendipity? Fate?

Whatever you call it my family and I have been eating healthy delicious baby greens of all different varieties and enjoying every minute!…